Observational studyInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Quantifying the Treatment Effect of Kidney Transplantation Relative to Dialysis on Survival Time: New Results Based on Propensity Score Weighting and Longitudinal Observational Data from Sweden.
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- Survival Benefit of First Single-Organ Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation Compared With Long-term Dialysis Across Ages in Transplant-Eligible Patients With Kidney Failure.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- Xenotransplantation in Nephrology: A Narrative Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Review
- Outcomes of single kidney transplantation from small pediatric donors aged <5 years: comparative analysis between pediatric and adult recipients.Renal failure · 2025Article
- Outcomes of infective endocarditis in patients with end-stage renal disease in Spain: a population-based study.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Observational
- Causal factors of cardiovascular disease in end-stage renal disease with maintenance hemodialysis: a longitudinal and Mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Understanding people's decisions when choosing or declining a kidney transplant: a qualitative evidence synthesis.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Healthcare costs after kidney transplantation compared to dialysis based on propensity score methods and real world longitudinal register data from Sweden.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Women's Access to Kidney Transplantation in France: A Mixed Methods Research Protocol.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Peritoneal Dialysis for Potential Kidney Transplant Recipients: Pride or Prejudice?Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- Kynurenine pathway in kidney diseases.Pharmacological reports : PR · 2022Review
- Editorial: Equity in Transplantation: A Commitment for Progress in Troubled Times.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2022Article
- Clinical Effect of Revascularization Strategies and Pharmacologic Treatment on Long-Term Results in Patients with Advanced Peripheral Artery Disease with TASC C and D Femoropopliteal Lesions.Journal of interventional cardiology · 2022Article
- Comparison of Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation From Extremely Low Body Weight ≤5kgFrontiers in immunology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Using observational data to assess the treatment effects on outcomes of kidney transplantation relative to dialysis for patients on renal replacement therapy is challenging due to the non-random selection into treatment. This study applied the propensity score weighting approach in order to address the treatment selection bias of kidney transplantation on survival time compared with dialysis for patients on the waitlist. We included 2676 adult waitlisted patients who started renal replacement therapy in Sweden between 1 January 1995, and 31 December 2012. Weibull and logistic regression models were used for the outcome and treatment models, respectively. The potential outcome mean and the average treatment effect were estimated using an inverse-probability-weighted regression adjustment approach. The estimated survival times from start of renal replacement therapy were 23.1 years (95% confidence interval (CI): 21.2-25.0) and 9.3 years (95% CI: 7.8-10.8) for kidney transplantation and dialysis, respectively. The survival advantage of kidney transplantation compared with dialysis was estimated to 13.8 years (95% CI: 11.4-16.2). There was no significant difference in the survival advantage of transplantation between men and women. Controlling for possible immortality bias reduced the survival advantage to 9.1-9.9 years. Our results suggest that kidney transplantation substantially increases survival time compared with dialysis in Sweden and that this consequence of treatment is equally distributed over sex.
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